Chapter 104 - Time is up
With Slyvia's shield now broken, she could only rely on her speed and the additional Ki. With fierce determination, she infused her legs with Ki and kicked it up a notch. With speeds much faster than she was used to, Slyvia dashed towards Jack. Jack responded with a horizontal slash towards her neck. She ducked and slashed across Jack's body vertically with all the strength she could muster.
She jumped backwards to avoid any counterattack. Jack started to feel a strange itching sensation on his chest. He looked down and noticed a long red scratch mark across his body. No blood had been drawn but for the first time ever, people witnessed Jack receiving an injury.
"Harry, are you watching this?" Cherry eyes looked like they were about to pop out of her skull from what she had just seen.
"I didn't think there was anyone in the school who would be able to hurt Jack. If anyone had a chance, I would have thought it had been Ray. It looks like we might have underestimated the second years."
On the other side, the second years were having the complete opposite reaction.
"Slyvia did all that and she just caused a scratch?" Dan shouted. "His body must be made of steel."
Slyvia looked at Jack and bit her lip. Even with the use of extra Ki she still wasn't able to hurt Jack enough to even draw blood.
Slyvia had no time to rest. She knew she was under a time limit. She came in attacking Jack whenever she could, avoiding big swings and going in at just the right time to attack.
The audience was at the edge of their seat. They could tell that one big swing from Jack's giant sword would end the match at any moment.
Dodge, strike, dodge, strike, dodge, strike. This pattern repeated itself but still, there was no luck. Jack's body was just slightly red from Slyvia's successful hits.
"Stronger, Faster." Slyvia thought in her head with each strike.
"Was Slyvia always this strong?" Monk asked.
The rest of the team had seen things they never thought Slyvia could do. Her speed looked better and she looked stronger. Even though Slyvia had the help of Ray's Ki, it meant nothing if the person wielding it wasn't skilful enough to use it.
"Time's up," Ray whispered to himself.
Slyvia went in for one more strike and as she did, suddenly, shooting pains started to ring through her body. It felt like someone was tearing her muscles from inside out.
"Just a little more." She said.
Jack saw Slyvia had slowed down greatly, he went for another swing and thought this was the end.
*Clash
A big cloud of dust was swept up as the giant great sword made impact. When the dust finally settled, Wilfred's hand was holding the giant great sword in place while Sir K was carrying Slyvia over his shoulder.
"And we have a winner, Jack Dem!"
"Dammit, how was she ever meant to win against a monster like that!" Dan complained.
"She did well," Ray said.
There wasn't a doubt in anyone's mind that Slyvia had tried her best and if they were put in the same situation as her, they would have only been able to perform half as well. Sir K quickly took Slyvia to the medical bay. Wilfred offered Jack the opportunity to go but Jack insisted there was no need.
As Jack started walking back to his teammates, he noticed his chest was starting to sting a little. When he looked down again, he saw a faint trace of blood leaking out of the red scratches.
"You have strong friends Ray." Jack thought as he smiled and continued to walk back to his teammates.
The next match was Badger vs Violet. Badger looked nervous as he started to walk on to the stage. He wasn't his usual self and his twin brother Sloth was the same.
"What is he so worried about? He did really well in the opening round," Gary said.
Sloth looked at badger walking into the ring.
"The thing is, the two of us have never really been apart from each other. We do everything together, even use the same toothbrush."
"That's kinda disgusting man," Dan shuttered at the thought of using someone else's toothbrush.
The fight started and the others quickly realised what Sloth was talking about. All the acrobatic moves that they saw Sloth and Badger do in the first round, relied on them using each other. In the ring right now, he was a sitting duck waiting to be fried.
The match quickly ended with Badger losing and the next person to be displayed on the screen was Sloth. The team was feeling hopeful until they saw Sloth display the same skills as Badger. Sloth lost the match quickly meaning currently the second-year team had three losses in total.
The display started again going through all the contestants randomly until it landed on Ray and Killer. Ray walked up to the centre of the stage and waited.
"If the third-year student Killer does not arrive in one minute he will automatically be disqualified from the tournament."
A minute passed and as Ray had suspected no one showed up. Ray was declared the automatic winner. The crowd erupted in boo's disappointed in not being able to see a match from Ray, who did the best in the first round.
"It's a shame we won't get to see the boy fight again," Mathew said looking from the arena.
The boos quickly stopped as the next match was announced. On the screen was Kyle and his opponent Nay.
Nay was ranked 5th in the overall third year rankings. She was a strong beautiful fighter who had the body of a model. Her main choice of weapon was a whip.
The two contestants walked on stage and the audience thought the match looked interesting. Kyle was using a Chain with a weight on the end while Nay was using a whip. Both weapons were unique and everyone was interested in how to two of them would fight.